The Sun. — London, England, 1809-02-24 00:00:00

. _ The CliAN,Cut(li of the. EXCOM72II moved the order of the day fur the Elonse going into a Com mittee on the Corn Distillery Prohibition Bill ; but before going into the Committee, he moved that it be given as an instruction to the "Committee, •to admit a clause into the Bill, empowering his Majesty to, prohibit, by Proclamation, the distillation of spirits from corn in Ireland,. how and when lie should think fit. Mr. Battit:ist; on the 'question being put with respel to the instruction to be given to the Com.uit tee, argued at considerable length against the exemp tion provided by the Bill with respet to Ireland : — He denied that the measure of last year bad pro duced' no saving of graiii, and no consumption of suar. The fourth part of the spirits that had been concealed in Ireland during last year had been im ported, and therefore he contended that any defi ciency that Might have taken place in Exciie, was made up in the duties arising from CnstoMs. The means of evading the regulation was no valid objecs tion, as it might apply equally to all new ditties.— Proper and effeaual steps, he contended, had never yet been taken for the suppression of the illegal dis tillers. The grain in. Ireland was not proportionably cheap - er than in this country, if he might judge from authentic documents which he had received on that.subject. The interests of the West India Colo nies were closely conneeted with the best interests of the State, and though he admitted that nothing ought to affea the corn markets of this country but tulle' naturally arose from themselves, from their abundance or scarcity, it was yet highly necessary thin the interests of the Colonies should be consult ed, in oroference to opening the ports for the grain of any foreign country. Though sugars are now at a high price, that price Was in a great Measure arti nein!, fear the stock in hand was greater than it was last year. Exempting Ireland from the operation of ' the present iling he contended, was to destroy that equali,y which ought to subsist between the two coentries. To say that there was a combination in Ireland to-distil' 'from corn•only, in. the face of an Act of Parliament, was a libel both'on the feelings and the n oderst endings of the people of that country, who possessed too much good sense, and too much loyalty, to wish to have their interests ever sepa- Pated from those of this country. He was sure such S wish never did orig;nate with the Irish people.— The Hon, Member concluded by moving, that, in stead of the words of the original, the following words be substituted--t' That an instruction be given to the Comm4tee to extend the provisions of the Bill to Ireland." Mr. FosTan doubted much the accuracy of the fheti alluded to by the Honourable Member.' The tWhole duty on British spirits last year, imported into relatul, was not more that; 70,0001. which fell far Short of the 4th part of the consumption. Great a , xertions had been made, art, well by the' former as the present Government of Ireland, to suppress the fdandestine Distilleries, but those exertions had Proved without effea, and must prove still more in- Llfeaual while the legal Distiller was restriaed to 4he use of sugar only. With reaped -t o w h at t h e 4^4 . 'Gent. had said respeCting the prices of grain, he NCO leave to -State, that, according to the last re him h e had received, the price was so low, that the Importation was prohibited. But the Hon. Gentle islut r"ice !t;talt had taken a very inaccurate mode of judging of of grain, because he had formed his calcu latirnt from the highest prices. Every Gentleman Co nversant with tion of t h e ye agriculture k new, t h at at t hi s sea ar, the very .best grain was brought to imarket for seed, and it certainly was not , tair to take tthe highest price, given for the very best grain, as tthe general average price. He was ha to state, !that. t h ere was ppy. no scarcity of grain in Ireland, and begged tp apneal to the Gentlemen of that 01 mtiy, many of whom were t h en i n the H ouse, ihether they had ever seen the farmers' haggard', FrettAr filled then they now were. As a proof that the produc e of 'lreland had been abundant, he was I L'aPil to state an important fad, viz. that Ireland mad supplied England, within the last year, with • Imre than one million . of barrels of oats ; and Ire-. tient', he was convinced,' could continue to supply Ithis country tilt the next harVest. The Hon. Gen ttlernan had stated, that 2000 quarters of bailey had 'been purchased at Lynn, in order to . be shipped for Ireland, at 41is, prr quarter, If the fait were so, it must. be intended for clandestine distillery; but he was convinced that the Gentleinan roust have been misinformed, because the average price barley in Ireland was 335. per, quartereee- His opinion was, that the agricultural interests of the Country should never be invaded but upon the apprehension of apprehended scarcity ; and he ,should prove that there was no such apprehension at Present existing in. Ireland, to call for the continu ance at the former measure. He did not believe that there was a man, in Ireland who wished time distillation from sugar' to go on, save only those tote ' rested itutividtula who had attended- the meetings which were said to have taken place at Dublin,' Cork, Waterford, and Limericli. In regard to the meeting at Waterford, the Magistrates issued a no tice thr that purpots in the newspapers, but assigned no grounds tbr opposing the measure, as the Petition itaelf would shew. Every one in Ireland knew that 1 1 :,( 1 former Bill was soon to expire, and yet no one it , a -!.rne to petition Parli ament i n qr d er to renew - toe obvious reason was, that at this moment theTe Wits an uncommon supply of grain in that louetrY, 1 insomuch that 'England h a d rece i ve d f rom land last year an importation of one million of barrels of oats, more than ever before occ urre d.-- sylle continuation of the prohibition would nut tend . 10 yield any more food either-for roa n or b east . H e 11 1(1 a ,return from the Officers of Excise, stating the q u antity of stills seized, together with their size and mlimated produce, from which it appeared, that trorn,the tOth of January to the 10th December, 808 , unlicensed stills had been - seized capaUle of diatillitng - 800,000 gallon); of spirits per niontle—a tylitotity that would amount to half a million of gal lons more than ever was formerly produced in Ire 'and within time same space of time. Au idea had ,one abroad in several parts of Ireland, that the clandestine stills afforded a more ready market to the -rarst:la for their grain, which led these kind of stills 10 be in general fa vour it es w ith the l o w er or d ers o f slit: people. Now the , abjea of the present mea 3Ore was to bring the people,. to reason, and show storm, drat by encouraging the legal sulk preferebty l (J the clandestine stills, the market!) would be equal ly P. 0 0(1,• suss, and advantageOus, and the revenues '"Qteased. By putting the licensed stills tbus Ire THE SUN. iOLLM QUIS DICZItt IALIIVM AUDiiii? L 0 N D IV; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY . 24, 1809, 1r is with great pleasure. that we acquaint our . Readers that Government have received Dispatches from Admiral Kr:Ara, and . that the apprehensions which were .eniertained for the safety of our Fleet in the ; Sound were unlounded. The Dise patches from Admiral KEATS are dated off Got. tenburgh ; they state, that the Whole:of Our SqiiaLtron was in safety, . witk t the exeeptieu of the Alarm s Sloop, which was lost ; but the whole of the Crew were saved. The Sound is' now 'cuniplotely open. WE yesterday mentioned the arrival of ,the Prin cess .Charlotte Packet from Lisbon : by this Vessel, Government have received dispatches from Mr. Vic itEttli. If we may give credit . 10 the Portuguese Papers, the greatest enthusiasm-pervades every part of Portugal,: and ' the greatest exertions have been made by all daises of people, to enable them to re sist the French, who, it appears, have not yet entered Portugal. . - The following very interesting account from Spain is extracted from a Portuguese Paper . " Capt. Walker, of the 7 tat regiment, effeEted his escape from,Madrid on the 24th ult. It was posi tively believed at.llladrid, that the garrison under the command of General Ileliard, intended speedily to evacuate that city. The French were tintifying . the contiguous heights. The soldiers were extremely discontented ; 'for, notwithstanding the order of the . Governor,, prohibiting the carrying gf, arms and knives, .or the wearing of cloaks afterAtin-set, num• • bers of them were assassinated every . night. To such a pitch was the resentment of the people, carried, . that General. PenqUe was assassinated by a woman ; General Grand Nielson' was fonitd dead on 'the 31st of December ; General Bert hier, the Prince of Neuf chatel, died. of a wound received in one of his arms, which it was found necessary to amputate. It was the general opinion inuong tbe french Officers that Buonaparte had set off for France. There 'y'ere various conje6tures as to the cause ; the mast - liene , rally cretlitectwas-, that a rupture, between the Cabi 7 net of the 'Vhuilleries and the Northern Powers casioned his abrupt departure from Spain: Joseph Buonaparte, at big entry . into Matirid, on the ‘2, 2 d of December, was receivOd with a gloomy di' . lance ; he was not greeted with a single acclamation in any part of the city. It was currently reported in,Madrid, that the DukeOf Infautado's army con sisted of so,ooo men; but nothing was positively known of his position. General, Cllll3 has routed the enemy at the bridge of Almarez ; every thing proves the weakness of the enemy; and the Spa niards cont;nue to display the greatest enthusiasm." VALENCIA, JAN. 6.—. The last French PapFrs which we have received say, that the Austrian Am bas actor, Count METTERNICH, ii gone to Vienna fora fortnight, oti some private business. The pub- lic MaY judo whether the depatgure of a diplomatic Minister, in such circumstances of 'affairs, could have for itS object merely private business. Tile Soprerr.eJunta hero has appointed fur one of its Members most Excellent the Marquis oz nuldLIA, in*tead of the Prince Pio. The critical have. - =smut of the kingdOtn,, while it uneqUivOLaily approves of ao excellent a choice, ahas determined' that while his presence may.ht necessary to our akmies, he Shall - remain with them; and not take part in the pacific deliberations of the Government, till the country shall be able to di>pense with the aid' . Of his valiant arm, and only require that of hi, royal heart. The Letter from the !juke of YORK, introducek in our Parliamentary Report this day, will doubtless make a kltrong.in*ession upon our Readers, as. it .appears to breathe the language of conscious honour and of wounded sensibility. That the course of ex amination has tended to, ekeito unfavourable opi-; nions against his Royal Highness we know, and in deed some of the Public Prints have, without scruple, 'endeavoured to coral - it-those opinions in the minds - • .of the ple a Much, however, as we lamented that 'eaings should occupy the National Coun sels at this important crisis, and much as we were disgusted . by - the character, condu6l, • and gross l i contradiaions of some of the witnesses, we deem ed it our duty to suspend our judgment till the subject had been fairly clisettied. By that principle our conclUel will still be guided, and as we know that subsisintialjustice will be the ultimate result, we shall resolutely refrain (loin yell 4.urutuents till the whole case is before the Nation. Thus much, however, we may be allowed to say, that we think the Duke of YORK clise the proper time for sub mining his feelings to the Public at large, by wait iltg till had heard all that the witnesses had to say against him. Yesterd.ty his NlAJas - ry, Princesses AUGUSTA, SO PHIA, and AMRLIA, aCcompanied by Lady ELY, Ge nerals DERUDR, FITZROY, CARTWRIGT, and Colonel TAYLOR, tot& an airing in Winchor Great Park, and returned at ball' past twelve. Yesterd iy a Cabinet Coancil was held at Bur lington' Hou,e, at which were present his Grace the Duke Of PORTLAND, the' LORD CHANCELLOR, EDI IS CAMDEN, LIVERPOOL, CHATHAM, and BATHURST ; Lords MULGRAyE and CAS'rLltititAdH Mr.. Secret ary. CANNING, and the CHANCELLuR,OI the EXCHE QUER. From t . lic latest accounts froluArnerica, it appears certain that the . pr.. -0 1 ,1, of the United . Sia;es are de ternained to obtain a reptal ortlie Embargo La w, or OppOSti the Government in' the execution of it.-- Or:rat disturbances already taken place, . but there is+teason to applehend others of a moi) more description. The Coile..tou and Comptrolter of the CU4oitis at 13ostou have been compelled to relinqqish their slnations, being no longer : , in a oon .dition to enforce the laws. The military, i is said, refuied to" fire upon the tumultuous meeting, an being ordered by the c , aninander to du so. But the most important fatt is, that the Government of the United States bad sent a mill a y".or to New Orleans; With the view, et, it is ~ upposee, atprdr venting the British from trading in the Ma,sissippi. The teem) , of 1803, between France, Spain, and America, allo.ved the English to participate in t•lie trade of that river; and if it shoulil now d.sputed by the Governtnent of the United States, war with Great Britain, intik be the consequence. 'The feelings of the'people of New York v. crc strikingly evident, in the .iceount Whieh' we gave on WedtiesdaY last, resiAtding the in:inner in which . they cheered a ve s se l th a: ftom that place in defiance of the Embargo ; and _the following article i 4 stro - rigly expres,,ive of the sarne ments . EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN PORTLAND, TO 'IUS FRIEND IN Rub lON, DATED PORTLAND * JAN. 14. " Aspirit of oppugnation to the 0 grab me ' laws appears to prevail at Bath with increasing warmth. A; Ship of 400 tons, loaded with cotton, sailed from thence last Thursday. Report says, the Captain' went to the Custoin-house; and demanded a clearance for some port in the St a te, of thee .customary hands tor - twice the amount 'of the.vcssel and the cargo. The Officer refused tngrant him a clearance, unless he gave bonds for 90,006 dollars, thrice the amount of the'cargo,' This the Captain refused, telling the Officer he would proCeed tu sea ip defiance of hits, hod that he might prevent him Witte could. . • • . Accordingly, as the striking of the bell for one, the signal fixed upon, forty men jumped on board, loaded some catinen they had placed on the deck, and proceeded. ClOwh the river. The Cotter at lempted to stop them, but was beaten off; and when they reached the fort, the soldiers, after discharging two heavy guns at them, retitsed to obey t h e i r Orli cers, declaringiliat they ,would not fire upon their countrymen. The Ship saluted the fort, and, gave three cheers as she pas.ed." Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, Feb. 1 The enthusiasm prevailing throoghout Portugal, is be yond description. -Evary Man.; old and young, is anxious to be enrolled to fight in his country's cause. Messrs. CALDAC:and FRAYS. A. Macusori, Mex. chants of this City, have organized . two regiments, one of cavalry, the other - ot infantry, paid, clothed, and accoutred at ;the expenee of the individuals enrolled in them. The regular ; irregular troops;and masse, art% conyineed that they have no leaders-- the voice of the Portuguese nation loudly calls for the. Hero of Vimiera, Sir. A. 1 4'z:44.014Y, to lead them to combat. I sincerely hope the British Go vernment'will send Sir Aartitra Out tows immedi ately. Confidence ip a skilful and successful Gene ral ought to be indulged. Sir ARTHUR should be sent out with full powers, and a well appointed army. The people have no confidence .in the Re gency. Such being the case, the sooner the man called for by the Portuguese is sent Out, the more their enthusiasm willincrense." . It appears by other letters from Lisbon, that the Friars in the diffetent 'convents of Portug4 had armed theistselves in large bodies j that the greatest enthutliasin prevailed, and that they speak with con fidence of being able to repel a:ty attack of the enemy. competition with the unlicensed ones, the feelings di the people would then be, which of them were most for their interest to support: By doing away the unlicensed stills, he had no doubt it would pro%e a source of wealth to the people. .Ple thought then the interests of the West India Planters were entitled to the utmost attention . of the Legislature, but he thought they ought not to be put its com l ieiiiion with the agricultural interests of ,Great Britain or Ireland. Sir JOHN I\TawPow!. reminded the Right Honour able'Gentleman of the Petition from Waterford on this subje:;t, of which the signature exhibited so many respe&able names ; persons who were well acquainted with the State of Ireland with respe& to grain, and who bad, without any suggestion or in- . Itrference of his, come forward on this occasion. The provisions of the Bill, he 'contended, ought to be extended so Ireland in the same mafiner as last year., The state of that country with respe& to grain was not materially changed, and the goon effects the measure had produced on the morals . olthe people, in having substituted beer for spirits, bad been so manifest, that every argum e nt derived .from policY or public virtue, would justify its continuance. He did not think it impossible to check the private dis tilleries, and obseved, that the former Government had used revenue cuttets fur that purpose with the happiest effect. Mr. BA'GWKI.t was against extending the Bill to lieland. Mr. W. Smith spoke at some length in favour of the amendment. Sir A. Wellesley was against the amendment, and Mr. Marryat support ed it. After some farther discussion between Mr. Wes ton, Mr. Wilberforce., the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Lord A. Hamilton, Sir James Hall, and Mr. Barham, a division took place. For the Bill ' -4, ARiustit - 37 Majority The Bill afterwards went Through a Committee, and the report was ordered to be brough► up to morrow, to which the House adjourned. MAILS. Aaatv en-1 Waterford. Dui—if Gottenburgh, t Malta, NAVAL N EWS: FALMOUTH, Fitn. 2 I .—Sailed this day the fot;o Pckets With Mails, viz. Princess with Mails of January, and Doke of Kent, with dim- ) o f ,Febrtiary, for the Mediterianvaii ; Express, ditto of .f.itiu.iry, and d.clalphus, with ditto of Fe bruary, for New-York; Princess Augasfa, with ditto of January and February, for Jarnaict .;• Francis - Freeling; with ditto,, for the Leeward , Also sailed the Arundel, Site, for Jamaica; Eagle, W.intvt, for Malta; Hannah, [tit:keit, and Canada, Sterling. for hjii narti ; Hawke, hl‘Corthain, tint Tenerifle; Ann, r,ir Senegal; Woodrnaa, tbr Cadiz; and leinitna, bon, tor Lisbon. Sailed His Majesty's Ships Pirginie, L'Ectai,r, and Cadmus, with, a Fleet of Vicauallera oncjtr P.,, voy, for off Rochefort ; and Mary, KEMIILS, Philadelphia. . Arrived the Alfred Cutter from ecruize. The CheSterfield Packet, with Mails for the Brazils; Saii3 out to-morrow. PL Y MOUTH, FEB, n.—Sailed the Lavinia Fripte, with a Fleet of about so Sail of M.trchantinen convoy for Lisbon and Gibraltar, and Plovir S! op, of War to The Wes. ward. Arrived the Martial Garr 7 .brig, with a Fleet of Victuallers under convoy (roil) Torbay. PORTSMOUTH', FEE. :t3.- . —Arrived His M.tjesty'.; Ships Crocodile 'frtal a, eruize, and Goshawk, .t•ittl a Fleet of Transpo!,-cs, from FalMouth. Put back to St. Helen'i Itaatis His Majesty's Ship Sirius, with the Fleet ler the Elst al,;) 111‘.1 Ville tie Path and liikernia ;I , len of War, Luc are expected to sail again, thii evening, the wind having changed to the north-e3st. Dees., 2e.—Arrived his Wjesty's Ships Eilrotapand Zoiohia from a cruize: Put back the oat wa.t.t-butuid rem4H. DEAL, Fca. 23.—Arrived his Mai.:,..ty's Siovi Podargus and 0. 13no _Mariner; Exer• lion, and Ihdignant. Put back last evening thc Dap lin igate, Kam. Gun.brig, and Siiiipty I\l.tval '.'ran ith 'the rest-a the outwar.l•bound Ves4els. • Sailed this afternoon. the falter Frigate, Brig, and Transport, with the out ward-hound • .The Ships Llebeek Hall, Urania, Charles, and tlie Schooner Snapdfasan„ hay ° h ? st a9t h ors an d caL i es • in . Margate Roads and the Downs, The Hon. East-In,ii4 Cbtppany'3 Ship trn:/ed Kingdom is juit getting under weigh to proceed down Channel. Stun:4BSi, FFB: 2:2 —Arrived.l he SAiehisTcoiler, with 'volunteers and impressed men foi- The Fiver ; and. the Mid/ark. Sloop, built at Sluelds; a 14,1 Majesty's Ship awnstutitni, troin the North Ka. THE THRATI? new Opera was brought Lir., w trti last night at I)..itt).-L Theatre, under the t of ThcCircas.siaq sorry to thit it'.vas by no 111c.13C1 ;ss to give It a claim to• public favour, and th , :L7- ii o was nothing. offensive In it, it '.Vits Ulln of feeble cOmpoSitions 'of the kind that wc ever at reitil ed. It is . hardly neeessiry for us to detail the plot, 'whiith was full of improtishilts.ies, as the chiri,:.ito ,pass in and out of aiirtirern and a Prison, with as much ease as' if they were in their bait) hou,os.-; The! kiars and sitigers, particularly BANNIST EA , MATHISwg, DECAMP, Ststirrt, and BRAHAM, as Miss LYON and Mrs. MoUNTAIN, did all t! i , :y could do to support the:piece, but Without effect, ;tA symptoms of general disapprobation appeared ye, y early in the last act, ?and were so Violent at the dri;e as to prevent BANNISTitiI from being beard, When he attempted to announce it for repetition. The' Alt. nsgers ampty.did their part, for the scenery, decont. tions, firc. &c. were beautiful and mag,niticent '; and. the'rnuiic, whiah teas conipoted by Bistioi, Was worthy of beiiig allotted to a drama of umeh merit than the unfortunate piece of last night. '•• - Bath never had to boast- more company of higher rank, than at the present.- titnel weMregtt. lined dissipation marks the-circles` of fashion. Ch. TA4ANI.IIai been highly attractive both tit the Iloo,its . and Theatre: The Exile contittuo4 a fir t.r.tte. fa. youths... Loycottovis, iNfnia.illsdst, and li.y.tss, haa: great scope ...fur their curn;C. tatents. . 1 / a tlases' is the heroine, a n d g i ves to the inieresting character of.4lexina every possible d egree o f f eeling, energy, and grac e . It is at length determinedithat Smithfield. Market is to be removed, and the new market %111, as sutra as matters can be arranged, and.the act passed, be opened for the benefit of• the public. The plaCe is in Goswell-street-road. Wednesday evening, as a G..nnlernai and Lbny wore cowing from Woodford in a !single irse tine of, the, springs broke between 'Stratford kotd Bow, and they both fell ''ut ; the Lady 1124 greatly butt, and was put into a post c hai se to take her to her residence in Fanciturch•st reet ; are cliter, taitiOd-Of her:recoyery. The Gentleman was sli,;h:ly hurt. CORN-EXCHANGR, 24,--Tliere' are SCHTIC fresh arrivals of WlteJt to-day, but the supply at hand being inconsiderable, sales are ruadq at littie variation Barley in tolerable supply, and fine sales pies are rather dearer good Malt likewise , in short supply, which are quoted ts. and ts. pt.l quarter higher there are considerable arriN;ll 4 of Oats, but owing to the demand, Lois trade maintaini lair "prices.—Flour hardly supports the tale i n cr ease , in price. __ 'or I;eitt 68s a Sas a 92$ ad Tieki3eans(New)ib a s7N , At Fineditto - 956 A 95 6 4,4 ()gr. ho 76 Rye . . 63) a 136 C - d- iN,14114-dii,lo . 444 4 4 . 6 c. l ley . . 44. A 50$ c)4l statue Patatue . . .., cf. .. Matt . -76 i 4 N 34 0,1 / Rape —s , , Seed - sal aOl - ~f i White Pease 131 t) a 14e6 cd fine Flour . Si ‘ x yml, Grey ditto . sas a s a * act Seconds . . Bas a bi, ~;t1 Ul Aran:m) • igs a 04i od z.